. >> and i'm ann notarangelo. don knapp is in the exclusive presid yore heights neighborhood where the search for a cause is beginning. don? >> reporter: ann, the cause of the fire is still unknown but firefighters do know where the fire broke out. a very bad place between two wooden buildings and a row of wooden buildings and by the time firefighters got here the buildings were burning pretty hot. now we have some video provided by kpix 5 viewer and let's take a look. as you can see, the fire burned hot, fast and sent up quite a bit of smoke. firefighters quickly called in a second alarm. then a third alarm. and then spent two and a half hours battling to get it all under control. now there are about three residential units in the two buildings that burned and shops on the ground floor. isabella hutton was in her shop when the fire broke out. >> we started to hear voices fire fire, so i left. and i see -- flames but we were not this -- i went back and hoping to put everything into the safe. and then was already a

. >>> our ann notarangelo is in corte madera. we know every little bit helps. but the big question tonight is, will this actually help our thirsty reservoirs? >> reporter: yeah. it doesn't seem to be doing much. in fact, here along 101, the rain isn't even affecting the evening commute. one person called it a teaser storm getting us ready for the rainy season but it really doesn't affect our water supply just yet. >> we have received just about .01" of rainfall so far. >> reporter: it's enough rain to remind us how much more we need. >> just don't think we are going to get enough rainfall out of this particular storm to make much of a difference. the vast majority of the water that's falling from the sky right now is going to soak right into the ground. >> reporter: unlike many bay area water districts that rely on the sierra snowpack for their water supply, the sonoma county water district's reservoirs are filled up by rainfall runoff. and this storm isn't doing much. soil moisture in the ukiah area is at a 100 year low and we need about 8" of rain to start tr

kpix 5's ann notarangelo on the spirited debate at vallejo high school. ann. >> reporter: elizabeth, the vast majority of students identify themselves as apaches but what's happening here is happening in the country a growing trend to drop the mascots who may be offensive. >> indian peoples like all people's are not mascots. we shouldn't be categorized in the sports or entertainment arena as a mascot. >> reporter: for years, antonio gonzalez has been making that argument. that's him in 1989 making a case against another mascot but for the first time in years, more people seem to agree with him. >> the term apache is a derogatory term. another name given to us by cowboys. >> reporter: the vallejo city unified school district administration is recommending the apache mascot be dropped from vallejo high. the school board may vote on it this week. no one from the district or school commented today but the students have lots to say. >> it's like a family thing. we should be an apache. it's like that's us! and i want to graduate to be an apache. it's like the th

in antioch, ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >>> the nra has its sights set on sunnyvale suing to stop the tough new gun law to voters just approved. measure c requires owners to lock up their guns when they are not using them and report a loss or a theft within 48 hours. it also bans magazines holding 10 rounds or more and requires gun dealers to keep a log of ammunition sales. >>> the battle is lost at san francisco's war on the waterfront, but it's not over. the plan to build expensive high-rise condos at 8 washington lost in a landslide. the mayor lobbied hard for it but says he is more concerned about what else might not get built. >> i of course was a little disappointed because i was looking forward to 11 more million dollars to contribute to the affordable housing but i'll respect the decision that was made. >> now the big question is: could this change the warriors' plans for their own big development across the street? phil matier digs into that ahead at 6:00. >>> and for complete election results, you can go to our website, kpix.com. >>> a senior class sweatshirt that's maybe not as i

kpix 5's ann notarangelo on this once in a lifetime opportunity now finally known as thanksgivakah. >> sweet potato latkus. like many jews around the country, florence white has embraced this historical phenomena. it is only the second time in history the days collide. social media has taken the convergence of holiday to a whole new level. >> all of a sudden it went from how about this coincidence that is never going to happen again in our lifetime to it's becoming a big commercial thing. >> hannakah is more than 2,000 years old. but thanksgiving has only been around 150 years. the next time the holidays collide, 70,000 years from now, so enjoy this one. it's brought the jewish faith into the spotlight with sweatshirts and new recipes. >> there is a lot of food so there are very traditional foods that we do. >> there will also be the traditional thanksgiving turkey with a twist. braising the turkey in wine. >> normally i do a corn bread stuffing. this year i am making a chest nut 57 l stuffing. >> both holidays have something to saver. and they -- savor. they don't seem to be overshad

kpix 5's ann notarangelo is along highway 24 with one key reason the roads are so crowded. ann. >> ken, it looks like we can blame the economy. more people are working. that means they ha to get to the job. highway24, clearly more people like to drive themselves. >> been getting a lot worse. seems like it gets worse and worse. >> whether you're acmiter or an expert on commuting, san francisco really bad now. it's obvious bay area roads are jam packed. the metropolitan transportation commission says we usually see more traffic during commute hours in the fall. but bay area bridges are 2 to 3 busier than we were last year. >> people try to find alternates around. it's just a nightmare. >> kcbs traffic sheryl rains has been navigating for 25 years. >> it is getting worse. every night there is some backup. >> one reason why it is getting worse, the economy is getting better. the bay area counsel says we are back at our prerescission unemployment rate. >> since 2010, we have added 300,000 jobs here in the bay area. you don't do that without having some impact on traffic. >> and t

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. we're learning more about t possible motive behind fri's shooting spree that left a a officer dead. the house homeland security chair say the suspect put it all in writing. "the suicide note i read taa lot about killing tsa agente said if i just kill one my mission is accomplished. unfortunately, he did do th the other day. the other thg he wanted to talk about was easy it is to bring a gun io an airport and do somethingt like he did." carter evans tells us: as ts slowly return to normal carter evans tells us: as ts slowly return to normal at l-a-x.. passengers are wondg why it was so easy. a first look inside the concourse. shows the blood stained carpet has been repd een replaced and all evidence of the attack is gone. the only reminders, black bands on tsa badges and flowers where paul ciancia gunned down tsa agent gerardo hernandez. passenger scott green watched it happen. >> he had the gun down like this, so he saw him on the ground and he shot twice. >> reporter: billy bay spott

ann notarangelo with the career- round effort to help those veterans. >> delay wait patiently. many have done this countless times waiting to see if someone can help with housing, medical care, maybe a job. >> i go to the va clinic. that's basically all all i have. that i am using that i know am really aware of. if there are any other benefits, i'm not aware of. >> there are many, many services out there. it's getting them plugged in. >> those in the know say veterans services are not well coordinated and aren't accessible to everyone. and veterans don't always trust a helping hand. >> america is like a newborn baby now with war veterans because they made such a mistake with vietnam, they are trying to recoup rate from that experience. >> today they let veterans know about what is available and offer help with things like filing medical claims. if of those offering assistance are veterans themselves. >> it has been a rough road to get here. >> definitely was because i was sleeping under the bridge for awhile. >> those who have figured out life post military pay it forward. thei

as our ann notarangelo reports, retiring indian mascots is part of a growing trend across california and the nation. ann. >> reporter: elizabeth, apache the mascot has generated a lot of school pride here at vallejo high school. but they are seeing here what they have seen across the country, and that's increasing support for dropping this mascots that offend some people. >> indian peoples like all peoples are not mascots. we shouldn't be categorized in the sport or entertainment arena as a mascot. >> reporter: for years he has been making that argument. that's him in the 189 making -- 1989 making a case against another mascot but for the first time in years more people seem to agree with him. >> the term apache is a derogatory term, another name given to us by cowboys. >> reporter: the vallejo city unified school district administration is recommending the apache mascot be dropped from vallejo high. the school board may vote on it this week. no one from the district or school commented today but the students have lots to say. >> it's like a family thing. we should be an apache, that'

kpix 5's ann notarangelo is in sacramento saying project managers are counting on us to put the past behind us. ann. >> reporter: ken, remember when they first told us about the new bay bridge? they said it would cost $1.3 billion. turns out it cost $6.4 billion. now they are telling us high- speed rail will cost $68 billion. wait until you hear how much they think it might cost now. >> welcome you. >> reporter: if misery loves company this was the room to be in. a state senate committee hearing chaired by concord democrat mark desaulnier on megaprojects, huge projects like the bay bridge costing $1 billion or more and how they are typically late and overbudget. not just in california but around the world. this professor skyped from oxford, england. >> most likely to misrepresent it to get going. >> reporter: it's called strategic bias, or lying. all those other things you suspected might come into play -- >> once costs start rising, they will never stop unless you make a major transformation. if the money is there, it will be spent. >> reporter: like the big dig in boston started aat

ann notarangelo reports. >> reporter: until now what lies behind this gate has been a subject of two questions. first, what's back there? >> this is curry canyon ranch. it's the missing element in the middle of the mount diablo state park. it's really the heart of the diablo wilderness. >> reporter: the land is surrounded by mount diablo state park on three sides. it's been the missing link for four major trails. but it's been privately owned. so the second question is, will it be developed or preserved? we now know the answer. >> with this acquisition, right in the middle of the state park trail system, hikers and bikers can stay right on the ridgeline making their experience much easier. >> reporter: save mount diablo has made its largest purchase ever more than 1,000 acres near clayton that's been on the foundation's wish list for 43 years. when the owner died his estate wanted to make a deal. it's a spectacular piece of land. >> it's got six major peaks and canyons. dozens of smaller canyons. but i think up to this incredible ridgeline. >> reporter: keeping the ridgeline pristine

in oakland, ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >> yeah, the demand for skilled workforce is so great, east bay municipal utility district is partnering with several other community colleges. >>> some women are arming themselves with new high-tech weapons connected to their smartphones. but critics told cbs reporter stacey butler it may give them a false sense of security. >> reporter: alicia merton won't go on her morning run without her cell phone and pepper spray. >> you want protection temperature unfortunately something happens. >> reporter: now there are new ways to turn your phone into a weapon. the yellow jacket is available online. it's a stun gun combined with a cell phone case with two prongs that generate 650,000 volts of electricity at the touch of a button. costa mesa self-defense trainer warns women weaponnizing your cell phone can give you a false sense of security. >> may be easy for someone to knock it down and then go into attack and as you can see, the cell phone is use less. >> reporter: he says the same is true for cell phone cases with pepper spray attached in small canis

ann notarangelo explains why. >>> reporter: this young man waited hours to talk to an antioch policeer about a burglary. there are only 85 sworn officers in the city. that's the same number they had in 1990. but that's going to change because voters approved a half cent sales tax increase which will bring in nearly $5 million a year. it's been promised to the police department. in 2010 voters rejected a similar proposal. but in the last few years it's become abundantly clear that police resources have gone down and crime has gone up. >> the light bulb went on in the community. >> reporter: vice mary rocha says voters didn't believe them before when they said the city was out of money and cuts would be drastic but last year violent crime went up nearly 31% and property crime went up almost 23%. >> even my family has been personally affected by the increase in crime in the city in the past few years. >> reporter: in a year and a half, antioch will see 39 more police officers on the streets, 22 of those because of measure c. the department's first priority is to fully staff police patro

i'm ann notarangelo. the terminal at los angeles international airport where a gunman sh

i am ann notarangelo. >> and i am phil. >> and i am mark. first up, bart from computer glitches. >> so many reasons to shake your head this morning. phil is going walk with joel keller and president obama is going be coming to town. he has been able to collect at lot of cash. >>> he warms all of our heart, we are going to take

. >> and i'm ann notarangelo. don knapp is in the exclusive presid yore heights neighborhood where the search for a cause is beginning. don? >> reporter: ann, the cause of the fire is still unknown but firefighters do know where the fire broke out. a very bad

. >> bart is closer than ever getting closer to striking, i'm ann notarangelo. >> a woman jumped from the third deck following the raiders game with the latest. >> reporter: that's right, brian. we're learning that it's a good samaritan that basically shielded this woman's body. and he was injured during all of this. but that he is going to be okay. authorities say he saved their life. >> this is the restricted section where the alameda county sheriff's office landed on the raiders banned from 45 feet below. >> apparently they saw something happening above him as he tried to stop. convincing this individual to not jump and fall. >> reporter: it was released after the raiders game. but the authorities say that the 61-year-old marine corps took notice. likely to survive her injuries. the woman in critical condition all the individuals affected by today. the two that are injured and anyone that may have seen it and the safe decision secure of our guests are most important. >> reporter: and authorities, they say that right now they're looking into how the woman made her way into the restr

. >> reporter: ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >> they don't know why the woman jumped or how she got into the closed off section. >>> president obama is in los angeles tonight as a part of a three-day west coast fundraising trip. he stopped in seattle yesterday with a rather memorable time in san francisco today. >> what i would like to do, how about, well, you guys don't need to go. >>> well, they heckled the president during a speech in china town. the recent graduate is undocumented. telling joe vazquez as to why he confronted the president. >> we're going to make our country more secure and strengthen our families. but most importantly we will live up. most importantly, we will live up to our character. >> mr. president, i need your help. i cannot celebrate thanksgiving with my family members because of my immigration status. i told him to please use your executive authority to halt the deportation for all undocumented immigrant family members across the country. >> you have heard from some people, what are they saying? >> it was overwhelming positive response. at the same time some peopl

>>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. police say a man was hit and killed in richmond. there were reports that the man was running across lanes bub it's unclear why. we have a crew on way and we'll bring you more as we get it. >>> new information about the deadly shooting inside l.a.x., a murder charge has been filed against the suspect file ciancia. investigators say he was not a ticketed passenger and dropped off at airport before the shooting and we're learning details how tsa agents respond. cbs reporter with more information from the fbi. today federal prosecutors say they filed charges against l.a.x. shooting suspect paul ciancia. investigators say he was dropped off at the airport before he walked up to the security checkpoint. >> the defendant is alleged to have pulled a smith & wesson .223 caliber assault rifle out of his bag and fired multiple rounds at point blank range at the tsa officer, who was standing on duty and in uniform, severely wounding tsa officer hender the defendant is then alleged to have begun walking away from the wounded tsa officer and goin

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >>> just over an hour ago, federal murder charges were filed against the gunman in the shooting at los angeles international airport. tonight witnesses recount the terrifying moments including one man who came face to face with the gunman. >> i went and kind of cowered in a corner and the shooter was just calmly walking down the corridor. he saw me cowering there. he had his gun and he look at me and he said, tsa? and i just shook my head. and he kept going. >> the shooting left one tsa agent dead and five other people including the gunman paul ciancia injured. there are new details on ciancia. he is in the hospital in critical condition. and we have learned that see ciancia was shot in the head. he lives in los angeles but originally is from new jersey. teri okita reports. >> reporter: authorities actually say that someone dropped ciancia off here at l.a.x. before this shooting. he then went inside and shot a tsa multiple times at point- blank range. he then went up an escalator, came back and shot the officer again. as you mentioned, tonight, husband

i'm ann notarangelo. terminal at los angeles international airport where a gunman shot and killed a tsa agent is back open tonight. it had been closed for more than 24 hours while investigators collected evidence from yesterday's rampage. and then it was cleaned up. >> this afternoon we are announcing the filing of a federal criminal complaint here in los angeles that charges the defendant paul anthony ciancia with the commission of two felonies on november 1. >> the charges against the alleged gunman are quite serious. he could face the death penalty if convicted. paul ciancia remains in critical condition tonight. he was shot in the head by l.a.x. police. >>> we also heard for the first time from the family of one of the victims. teri okita has the tsa agent's widow's reaction as well as new details on the investigation. >> reporter: the widow of the fallen officer spoke to the media saturday. >> gerardo would have been 40 next week. i am truly devastated and we are all heartbroken. >> reporter: the hea

i'm ann notarangelo. operations at l- a-x are sl getting back to normal after friday's deadly shooting...s investigators try to figure why the suspect had a beef the t-s-a. c-b-s reporter ta garcia spoke with witnesses say... as bad as things wer they could have been much worse. scott greene was right ther. and ran for is life when a shooter opened fire friday los angeles international airport sot: scott greene/passenger (:08- :12)e had his gunned trained downe this and he took two shots. police say it was 23 year o paul ciancia who killed one agent and investigators fo >>> we learned more about the l.a.x. shooting. >> reporter: scoot green was right there when a shooter opened fire friday at los angeles international airport. >> he had the gun down like this and took two shots. >> reporter: 23-year-old paul ciancia who wounded two people and killed a tsa agent. police found a note in his bag saying he wanted to kill multiple tsa agents. but they have not found any incidents where he had trouble with tsa.

. >> and i'm ann notarangelo. they have reached a deal with iran. bigad shaban reports president obama revealed the details saturday night. >> reporter: president obama announced the historic agreement that would scale back iran's controversial nuclear program. >> these are substantial limitations which will help prevent iran from building a nuclear weapon. simply put, they cut off iran's most likely path to a bomb. >> reporter: the deal was made in switzerland. secretary of state john kerry and diplomats from several countries negotiated with iranian leaders through the night hammering out the final details. in geneva on sunday morning the foreign minister tweeted we have reached an agreement. in that deal iran will temporarily limit its nuclear program. in exchange notions will ease harsh, the nations will ease -- nations will ease harsh sanctions that have damaged iran's economy. >> it is important that all of us see the opportunity to end the crisis and open new horizons. >> we will refrain from imposing new sanctions and we will allow the irani

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. right now, a team is on its way to the philippines. the group from kaiser headed off with medical supplies and food. >> i have family in manila. and they were lucky enough to escape the destruction. but they have been extremely supportive and in fact, my husband is helping me to coordinate this mission. >> the group will be in the philippines for one month and another kaiser team will head in to relieve them. >>> service employees international union held a fundraiser for the victims in daley city today. >>> all the help is certainly needed. international aid efforts are finally reaching more typhoon survivors in the philippines. helicopters from a u.s. carrier air lifted tons of cargo, food, water, medicine, and blankets. the united nations have lots of teams on the ground there. the death toll is 3,600. nearly 1200 people are still missing. >>> highway 116 in petaluma is not expected to reopen until tomorrow morning because of a crash this afternoon. two cars collided gyring one of the drivers around 4:00 p.m. the crash brought down

ann notarangelo kpix 5. >> the alameda county sheriff's office is still not sure why the woman jumped. >>> the push to keep the a's and the raiders in town. both teams agreed to short term leasings today. the raiders will stay through 2014. the a's will stay until 2015. both teams want new stadiums. the a's owner would like to move the team to the south pay. >>> california's proposed bullet train is going no where fast. the judge rejected the rail authority's funding plan leaving the project in limbo. the ruling stems from a lawsuit that claimed the plan no longer complies with what voters were promised. >>> president obama just wrapped up a day trip to san francisco. a second stop. just 30 minutes ago the president waved good-bye to the bay area, boarding air force one to los angeles. during his stop here he put a renewed focus on immigration reform. but as our phil matier reports, the president's speech was interrupted by some determined lek lars. >> most importantly we will live up to our character -- that's exactly what we're talking about. what i'd like to do -- no. no. let me fi

kpix 5's ann notarangelo is along highway 24 with one key reason the roads are so crowded. > ken, it looks like we can blame the economy. more people are working. that means they ha to get to the job. highway24, clearly more people like to drive themselves. >> been getting a lot worse. seems like it gets worse and worse. >> whether you're acmiter or an expert on commuting, san francisco really bad now. it's obvious bay area roads are jam packed. the metropolitan transportation commission says we usually see more traffic during commute hours in the fall. but bay area

. >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. that fire is under control, but smoke is still thick in the air in redwood city. people that live by sims meadow management have an air quality advisory. they were told to stay in place, but as brian webb reports, not everyone listened. brian? >> reporter: yes, residents were told if you can see or smell the smoke to stay inside. still plenty of people out and about in the area tonight and still plenty of smoke back behind me, putting off a smell something like burning metal and plastic and it is not pleasant. smoke filled the skies, filling up the south bay with nasty smell of burning metal, keeping some people from getting home. >> i'm trying to get down the street to my boat, that's where i live. but the fire is preventing anybody to access it. >> reporter: started around noon today. a recycling center that crushes cars and appliances, sends the scrap metal mostly to china. and it's not the company's first fire. >> it seems to be happening like once a year. it goes up in smoke and

. >>> and good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >> and i'm brian hackney. don knapp is in the neighborhood where the firefighters contained the fire. hi don. >> reporter: actually the fire broke out in one of the worst places of all to break out in the city like this with wooden structures side by side. it broke out between two buildings and quickly spread to both of those buildings. the area we're in as you pointed out a trendy area of san francisco. the laurel heights area. we're at locust and sacramento. the 3600 block. let's take a look at the video of the fire when it was raging pretty hot. it burned very fast. hot and very very smoky. firefighters arriving on the scene quickly called a second alarm and then a third alarm. it took about two and a half hours to get it under control. now no one was hurt. but many were quite shaken up. at least three residential areas are on the bottom floor -- are in the building of those two buildings and on the bottom floor is a store in which isabel hutton was working at the time. >> because we stuck -- started to hea

ann notarangelo has more. >> reporter: donnie navidad is back home here in stockton recovering from hisies. he's still in a lot of pain, bit may come as no surprise that he is more concerned about taco bell young woman who almost committed suicide. >> as they say, she was twenty something years old. young. and, you know, you have a whole lot of life left in you. >> after the raiders game yesterday afternoon, donny navidad and his friend were hanging around hoping to get his bo jackson jersey autographed. that's when they saw a young, petite woman in section 301. people were pleading for her not to jump, but she did. >> when i seen her falling i kind of grabbed her as she fell. i tried to grab her so she wouldn't bounce. so she hit the le side. the result of that is this is what happened. it's like a charlie horse. >> it left the unidentified bay area woman in critical condition. >> i tried to grab and just lock her in. the force just came down. >> allen martin plea da county deputies say there is no question she would have died if navidad hadn't

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i am ann notarangelo. >> and i am phil. >> and i am mark. first up, bart from computer glitches. >> so many reasons to shake your head this morning. phil is going walk with joel keller and president obama is going be coming to town. he has been able to collect at lot of cash. >>> he warms all of our heart, we are going to take the another look at bat kid. >> we have an interview greg that sells us a little bit about what is going on behind the cameras on this event that was seen all arnold the world. >> yes, handles this morning, we are hock--yes, and also this morning wear looking at rain for the holiday coming up. >>> yes, this a really important travel week for a lot of folks. here is a live look over san francisco, blue skies and the temperature in san francisco is 49-degrees. so the winds have really tied down. we have light winds out of east this morning--out of the east this morning. in the north bay, you could sigh frost and--see frost and yes a chance of rain it looks like for thursday. more about that coming in a little bit. back t

our ann notarangelo braving the rain in corte madera tonight. any chance this storm is going to do much for the reservoirs? >> not much. >> reporter: it's been dry here for most of the evening hours so we are waiting for the rain to come south as paul referenced. a lot of people are calling this is opening act for the storms season and so far it hasn't been that impressive. water districts in the bay area say we need 8" of rain to cause runoff and runoff especially in the north bay is critical. they get the majority if not all of their water from rainfall and runoff not from snowpack and snow melt. the snow melt in ukiah was at a 100 year low so the storm doesn't change that right now. it reminds us to turn off our garden hose or sprinklers and think about conservation. >> ying we'll get much out of this storm -- i don't think we'll get much of the storm out of this system to make much of a difference. the amount of rain falling now is going to soak into the ground. we get 70% of our water from rain for the seven reservoirs in the county. >> rep